2022–23 NAC Breda season

NAC Breda
2022–23 season
Owner	City Football Group
Chairman	Joost Gielen
Manager	Robert Molenaar; (until 27 December); Ton Lokhoff; (from 27 December)
Stadium	Rat Verlegh Stadion
Eerste Divisie	11th
KNVB Cup	Second round
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is the 110th season in the history of NAC Breda and their fourth consecutive season in the second division of Dutch football. The club are participating in the Eerste Divisie and the KNVB Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

As of 12 August 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NED	Roy Kortsmit
2	DF	NED	Boyd Lucassen
3	DF	IRL	Anselmo García MacNulty (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
4	DF	NED	Danny Bakker
5	DF	GER	Fabio Di Michele Sanchez (on loan from VfL Wolfsburg)
6	MF	NED	Alex Plat
7	FW	CUW	Jarchinio Antonia
8	MF	NED	Ezechiel Banzuzi
9	FW	NED	Jort van der Sande
10	MF	NED	Odysseus Velanas
11	FW	NED	Kaj de Rooij
12	DF	NED	Luc Marijnissen
14	MF	NED	Boris van Schuppen
15	DF	NED	Jethro Mashart
16	MF	NED	Javier Vet
17	FW	NED	Vieiri Kotzebue


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	NED	Sabir Agougil
19	FW	GER	Jesaja Herrmann (on loan from Kortrijk)
20	MF	BEL	Welat Cagro
21	DF	NED	Moreno Rutten
22	DF	NED	Ruben Ligeon
23	DF	NED	Rowan Besselink
24	DF	NED	Tijs Velthuis (on loan from Jong AZ)
25	DF	NED	Stef de Wijs
26	MF	NED	Martijn Brandt
27	FW	NED	Thomas Marijnissen
28	MF	CUW	Michaël Maria
29	FW	LBR	Ayouba Kosiah
30	DF	NED	Omar Mekkaoui
36	GK	NED	Pepijn van de Merbel
37	GK	NED	Aron van Lare

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
18	DF	Anselmo Garcia MacNulty	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	19 July 2022	^[1]
49	MF	Fabio Di Michele Sanchez	VfL Wolfsburg	Loan	19 July 2022	^[1]

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

15 July 2022 Friendly	NAC Breda	0–0	Volendam	Breda
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark Tussen de Leyen Veld 2

23 July 2022 Friendly	NAC Breda	1–0	FC Eindhoven	Sint Willebrord
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportpark De Gagelrijzen

27 July 2022 Friendly	Feyenoord	6–1	NAC Breda	Rotterdam
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wålemark 25' De Wijs 32' (o.g.) Jahanbakhsh 41' Bassett 51' Hartjes 70' Taabouni 72'		Agougil 81'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Varkenoord

30 July 2022 Friendly	NAC Breda	2–1	Virton	Breda
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Eerste Divisie	5 August 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1		36	18	5	13	63	59	+4	050.00
KNVB Cup	19 October 2022	7 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
Total					39	20	5	14	67	62	+5	051.28

Last updated: 7 May 2023
Source: Soccerway

Eerste Divisie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
4	Willem II	38	19	11	8	68	40	+28	68	Qualification for promotion play-offs
5	MVV Maastricht	38	18	5	15	65	65	0	59
6	NAC Breda	38	18	5	15	64	64	0	59
7	VVV-Venlo	38	16	10	12	56	51	+5	58
8	Eindhoven	38	16	10	12	58	54	+4	58

Source: Soccerway, Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch)
Rules for classification: Season in progress: 1) Most points won; 2) Less points lost; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Alphabetical order; End of season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Play-off if relevant for deciding champion, relegation or participating in a European league, otherwise by draw. 8) Penalty shoot-out (only after a play-off)^[2]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
35	17	5	13	61	59	+2	56	10	3	5	34	24	+10	7	2	8	27	35	−8

Last updated: 29 April 2023.
Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W
Position	8	12	8	7	7	7	4	4	8	10	14	10	12	13	14	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	5

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Keuken Kampioen Divisie
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

5 August 2022 1	NAC Breda	1–0	Helmond Sport	Breda
20:00 CEST	de Rooij 8' 83' Velthuis 41' Velanas 53'	Report	Goselink 24' van Ooijen 37'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 14,824 Referee: Erwin Blank

15 August 2022 2	MVV	3–1	NAC Breda	Maastricht
20:00 CEST	Kostons 9' 45' Remans 12' (pen.) Zeegers 47' van Bommel 66'	Report	Velthuis 11' Plat 30' van der Sande 71'	Stadium: De Geusselt Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Martijn Vos

19 August 2022 3	NAC Breda	1–0	TOP Oss	Breda
20:00 CEST	Velanas 28'	Report	Piqué 84' Mathieu 86'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15,021 Referee: Sander van der Eijk

26 August 2022 4	Roda JC	1–3	NAC Breda	Kerkrade
20:00 CEST	Douglas 21' Vossebelt 76' Limbombe 85' Joppen 90+2'	Report	de Rooij 26' Kortsmit 39' Banzuzi 45+1' van der Sande 48' MacNulty 56' Velanas 72' 90+3' Agougil 85'	Stadium: Parkstad Limburg Stadion Attendance: 8,583 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

2 September 2022 5	NAC Breda	1–1	FC Eindhoven	Breda
20:00 CEST	Velanas 4' Di Michele Sanchez 79'	Report	van Doorm 37' Kökçü 42' 55' Bannis 54' Pieter Bogaers 69' Oostenbrink 82'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,824 Referee: Ingmar Oostrom

9 September 2022 6	De Graafschap	1–1	NAC Breda	Doetinchem
20:00 CEST	Gravenberch 87'	Report	de Rooij 38' 85' Lucassen 78'	Stadium: De Vijverberg Attendance: 10,154 Referee: Allard Lindhout

12 September 2022 8	Jong Ajax	3–1	NAC Breda	Amsterdam
20:00 CEST	Kik Pierie 48' 83' Misehouy 59' Milovanović 69' Hansen 74' Giovanni Manson 81'	Report	van der Sande 23' Banzuzi 73' Agougil 74' Vet 90+6'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst Attendance: 1,422 Referee: Jannick van der Laan

16 September 2022 7	NAC Breda	3–1	Jong FC Utrecht	Breda
20:00 CEST	Vet 13' 33' Lucassen 56' Velanas 58' 63'	Report	Albert Lottin 7' Mamengi 17' Sanches Fernandes 19' Arthur Zagré 26'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15,624 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

30 September 2022 9	NAC Breda	1–2	VVV	Breda
20:00 CEST	Di Michele Sanchez 38' Lucassen 40' 69'	Report	Ketting 50' Huisman 52' Johansson 78' van Rooijen 90'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 18,297 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis

7 October 2022 10	Jong AZ	4–0	NAC Breda	Zaandam
20:00 CEST	Yusuf Barasi 18' Stam 36' Soulyman Allouch 51' Goes 52' Griffith 60' Meerdink 87'	Report	van der Sande 52' Herrmann 63' Velanas 78'	Stadium: Sportcomplex Kalverhoek Attendance: 550 Referee: Jesse Rozendal

14 October 2022 11	NAC Breda	1–2	ADO Den Haag	Breda
20:00 CEST	van der Sande 3' 36' MacNulty 9' Banzuzi 89'	Report	Verheydt 13' 32' Ćatić 33' Hall 55' Siereveld 61' Absalem 67' Esajas 71'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 17,832 Referee: Edwin van de Graaf

22 October 2022 12	Dordrecht	0–3	NAC Breda	Dordrecht
20:00 CEST	Bossin 68'	Report	Kortsmit 33' de Wijs 34' Banzuzi 45+1' van der Sande 67' 78'	Stadium: Matchoholic Stadion Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Stan Teuben

28 October 2022 13	Den Bosch	3–2	NAC Breda	's-Hertogenbosch
20:00 CEST	Hammouti 10' Verbeek 57' 85' Konings 73'	Report	Marijnissen 74' van der Sande 84'	Stadium: De Vliert Attendance: 4,953 Referee: Bas Nijhuis

4 November 2022 14	NAC Breda	1–1	Telstar	Breda
20:00 CET	Vieiri Kotzebue 21' Marijnissen 55' Plat 58' Agougil 82'	Report	Apau 23' Aktaş 30' Blackson 90+2'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Laurens Gerrets

11 November 2022 15	Heracles Almelo	5–1	NAC Breda	Almelo
20:00 CET	Bruns 16' Roosken 30' Laursen 42' 70' Sonnenberg 64' Hansson 74'	Report	Velanas 9'	Stadium: Erve Asito Attendance: 11,102 Referee: Dennis Higler

19 November 2022 16	NAC Breda	0–2	PEC Zwolle	Breda
21:00 CET	MacNulty 90+1'	Report	Taha 32' 45' Kersten 61'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15,251 Referee: Erwin Blank

11 December 2022 17	Willem II	1–2	NAC Breda	Tilburg
12:15 CET	Bokila 9' (pen.) Svensson 41' Verreth 56' Hornkamp 86'	Report	Ligeon 47' Antonia 52' Velanas 86'	Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion Attendance: 14,300 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük

16 December 2022 18	NAC Breda	0–1	Almere City	Breda
20:00 CET		Report	Hilterman 22' Post 40' Poll 56' Barbet 83' Pouwels 90+3'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 15,272 Referee: Rob Dieperink

6 January 2023 19	NAC Breda	2–1	Jong PSV	Breda
20:00 CET	Velanas 4' van der Sande 32' Kortsmit 90+2'	Report	Jason van Duiven 2' Nassoh 71' Antonisse 90+2'	Stadium: Rat Verlegh Stadion Attendance: 16,282 Referee: Stan Teuben

13 January 2023 20	Helmond Sport	2–2	NAC Breda	Helmond
20:00 CET	Maddy 28' Kaars 55'	Report	van der Sande 16' Velanas 56'	Stadium: GS Staalwerken Stadion Attendance: 1,733 Referee: Richard Wilhelmus Martens

KNVB Cup

19 October 2022 First Round	USV Hercules	0–1	NAC Breda	Utrecht
20:00	Tim Waterink 86'	Report	Velthuis 59' Velanas 90+4'	Stadium: Sportpark Voordorp Referee: Clay Ruperti

References

^ "Two out on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Speelschema 22/23 definitief: Sterkste KKD-seizoen ooit 5 augustus van start".

[1] "Two out on loan". VfL Wolfsburg. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[rules-2] "Reglementen betaald voetbal seizoen 2020-21" [Regulations professional football season 2020-21] (PDF) (in Dutch). KNVB. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[3] "Speelschema 22/23 definitief: Sterkste KKD-seizoen ooit 5 augustus van start".

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